Stretch bandage



Dec. 31, 19 J. KRAUSS ET AL 3,419,003

STRETCH BANDAGE Filed on. 26. 1966 INVENTORS JOHN KRAUSS RICHARD J.BARBU QMMJ M ATTORNEY United States Patent 3,419,003 STRETtZH BANDAGEJohn Krauss, Jamaica Estates, and Richard J. Barbu,

Lindenhurst, N.Y., assignors to Markbar Corporation, Garden City, N.Y.,a corporation of New York Filed Oct. 26, 1966, Scr. No. 594,349 3Claims. (Cl. 128-157) This invention relates to articles made of fabricemploying natural, synthetic and artificial fibers and more particularlyto such articles which can be usefully employed as a medical bandage.

Pressure sensitive bandages are, of course, known. Such articles have atleast three disadvantages. Firstly,'their removal especially from hairyportions of the body can be painful. Secondly, in ordinary usage thetape bandage will apply little or no pressure to the wound and thirdly,the tape is fixed in position and will not give as, for example, when apatient wearing the tape bandage turns in bed which can result inOpening the wound. It is a desideratum of the present invention toprovide a bandage not having these disadvantages in use while at thesame time applying some slight pressure to the wounded area. To thisend, the invention provides a bandage in tubular form of sufficient sizeto slip over the body to the location of the wound which is ordinarilycovered by gauze or a cloth bandage. The bandage has elastic propertiesso that it will give in any direction while constantly maintainingpressure on the cut or Wound. Its universal stretchability is animportant feature of the invention as is the particular arrangement ofthreads which affords this advantage of construction.

One object of the invention is to provide an improved bandageconstruction.

Another object of the invention is to provide a bandage which eliminatessome of the enumerated disadvantages of tape bandages yet suppliesslight constant pressure to cut or wound.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent onreading the following detailed description of one embodiment thereofwhich is taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 shows the general tubular construction of the improved bandage;

FIG. 2 is a fragmentary view showing the details of construction of theimproved bandage; and

FIG. 3 illustrates the bandage as applied to the elbow of the wearer.

According to 16. 3, it is assumed that the wearer of the bandage has awound in the region of the elbow.

Patented Dec. 31, 1968 "ice A gauze 4 has been directly applied to thewound which may have medicants and the bandage 5 holds the gauze inplace.

Referring to FIG. 2, there are shown circumferential threads 6 arrangedin criss-cross formation and longitudinal threads 7 loosely wound inchain fashion at the intersections of the circumferential threads.

The threads 6 have elastic cores 8 encased in left hand wrapping thread9 and right hand wrapping thread 10.

It is clear that the bandage will yield or stretch in any direction.That is, it will stretch at any angle relative to the longitudinalthreads due to the criss-cross formation of the elastic threads 6 andwill yield somewhat longitudinally due to the loosely woven chainformation of the longitudinal threads.

Accordingly, the bandage will serve its main function of keeping thegauze in place over the wound and will yield under stretch pressurewithout pulling on the gauze and possibly opening the wound. In mostinstances the stretching of a portion of the threads in this matterwould not affect the slight pressure applied to the gauze by theremaining threads.

Various modifications of the invention may be effected by personsskilled in the art without departing from the principle and scopethereof as defined in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A stretch bandage comprising a fabric in tubular form, said fabrichaving circumferential threads with elastic cores and loosely wovenchain threads wrapped on said circumferential threads and directedlongitudinally of said bandage, said fabric being universallystretchable.

2. A stretch bandage as defined in claim 1 wherein said circumferentialthreads are arranged in criss-cross formation and the longitudinalthreads are wrapped about the circumferential threads at intersectionsthereof.

3. A stretch bandage as defined in claim 2 wherein left and right handthreads are wound on the elastic cores of said circumferential threads.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,279,465 10/1966 Cherio et al128l71 3,299,890 1/1967 Parker 128156 3,306,288 2/1967 Rosenfield 128157ADELE M. EAGER, Primary Examiner.

US. Cl. X.R.

1. A STRETCH BANDAGE COMPRISING A FABRIC IN TUBULAR FORM, SAID FABRICHAVING CIRCUMFERENTIAL THREADS WITH ELASTIC CORES AND LOOSELY WOVENCHAIN THREADS WRAPPED ON SAID CIRCUMFERENTIAL THREADS AND DIRECTEDLONGITUDINALLY OF SAID BANDAGE, SAID FABRIC BEING UNIVERSALLYSTRETCHABLE.